provine

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/pɹəˈvaɪn/

verb

To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.

OriginFrench provigner ← Old French provain →
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Meanings

verbprovine (third-person singular simple present provines, present participle provining, simple past and past participle provined)

present singular third person provines · participle present provining · participle past provined · past provined

  1. obsoleteTo lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.

    Do not provine, but fill up all places which have become vacant by two-year plants from the nursery

    1872, John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré, A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine

Origin

  1. Old Frenchprovain
  2. Frenchprovigner
  3. Englishprovine

From French provigner, from provin (“a set, layer of a plant”), Old French provain, from Latin propago, propaginis, akin to propagare (“to propagate”). See propagate and prune.

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APA

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Chicago

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